Dean Cundey

Shot 5 of John Carpenter's feature films: Halloween - La notte delle streghe (1978), Fog (1980), 1997: fuga da New York (1981), La cosa (1982) and Grosso guaio a Chinatown (1986).

For me, the special satisfaction in being a director of photography - you might even call it my private ego trip - is knowing that the work I do will live on after I'm gone. Most people have jobs in which the work disappears after they have performed it. I'm very fortunate to work in a profession which has lasting value. It gives me a unique form of immortality. It certainly isn't comparable to the immortality of great artists like Leonardo Da Vinci or Michelangelo. But in a small way, it means future generations can discover my work - and know that, at this point in time, I was here.